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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1955
Page
3
Last report on municipal statistics lists water meters in use 30 288 light meters in use 36 938 telephones in use 47 902 gas meters in use and building permits valued at 1 840 645 00 private school enrollment 1 477.
A brief public record shows figures for Public school enrollment and vital records including Postal receipts Birth Certificates and Death Certificates. It notes traffic fatalities and water usage with values such as 17,840 and 187,726.97 for a given period.
At close of business Thursday the Texas Employment Commission posted openings by type of work including managerial professional 4 farm 13 skilled 9 semi skilled unskilled 4. Applications 44 for the month 68 vacancies listed 61 referrals 51 placements 35. Urgently needed for follow up positions include bookkeeper cabinet maker commercial artist floor molder film librarian medical technologist laundry labor stenographer soda dispenser and waitresses.
A compiled list from multiple West Texas locales shows numerous birth announcements including families in Amarillo and Friona with parents and baby genders stated. The notices cover Northwest Texas residences, with a mix of boys and girls born June 8 to June 16, and include a Weather Bureau note.
A series of warranty deeds transfers recorded across Martin County show Odie T. Russell and others selling parcels in West Hills and Westgate to F H Morrow and others, Broadmoor Development Co transferring numerous lots to Harold Young Norman Johnson Leonard Parker and others, and Joe H. Cooper conveying Grandview units to multiple buyers. Additional transfers include Augusta Motch to Earnest Cogburn, Edward Thomas to Gaines Hodges Jr, Frederick Schmer to Samuel Sceivally, Barton to Gaston Blair, J W Uhrng to James Albritton, and Reynolds Ashford and affiliates conveying Bel-Aire and Reynolds properties.
Proceedings before the Court of Civil Appeals Seventh District Amarillo June 13 1955 show motions submitted in multiple cases from Lubbock Lynn Potter Dickens Sherman counties and rehearings requested. Several cases including Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company versus Judge Denton Clyde Jenkins Mildred Mae Johnston and Alton Chapman are noted with motions overruled or to strike briefs. An affirmance is listed for Chas William Aydelotte versus Aubrey Anderson.
Building permits show Yvonne Bell and others relocating. permits include John Kenyon at 517 W 8th for foundation costing 1000. L G Bayles at 3324 NE 20th for garage storage 600. Wellman Price at 3705 West Lawn for residence and garage 10000. Fannie Carter at 1115 NW 4th for addition 800.
James Durrell Gibson and Jessie Ann Gibson Meredith Roy Smith and Cletis De lores Huff Lewis Charles Turner and Mrs Martha Claudine Burris Roderick O Neal Clifton and Edith Joyce Adams were issued licenses in the recent records.
A terse report notes multiple Summit locations in New York Ohio Tennessee and Pennsylvania with fee and jail figures cited. The text references a corporation court and traffic fees totaling 108 and 709 in unclear units. Names of specific cities or cases are not provided.
Babson Park Massachusetts dedicates a 28 foot diameter rotating globe on June 17 with a vault burial of The Amarillo Daily News and 405 newspapers. The globe features a 24 mile to the inch world map with color coded countries and capitals, a 25 mountain peaks display, and a 23.5 degree axis showing Earth's rotation and seasonal revolution. A mint official remark about forger y in Dusseldorf closes the report.
Civilian Wives Club of Tech Training School hosts a coffee at Mrs Bob Davis 1 LaSalle at 10 o clock. Bake sale sponsored by Cactus Coot sette Club at McCartt s in Wolflin Village at 9 30. Dinner dance at American Legion Hall at 7.
San Francisco readies for the ten year U N anniversary conference opening at the War Memorial Opera House. Diplomats from around the world arrive by train plane and ship. Dr Eelco Van Kleffens and Dr Charles Malik predict constructive work amid possible secret talks with the Big Four.
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